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  <p>Jeux online </p>
  <p>the Argentine Football Association (AFA) voted unanimously not to renew his contract. </p>
  <p> Maradona's future had been in doubt since Argentina's 4-0 thrashing by   Germany in the World Cup quarter-finals in South Africa this month, less   than two years since his headline-grabbing appointment. </p>
  <p> &quot;There needed to be some changes among Diego's staff ... and we couldn't   come to an agreement,&quot; AFA chief Julio Grondona told reporters. &quot;No   one's being kicked out, a contract hasn't been renewed because we didn't   have the conditions to do so.&quot; </p>
  <p> An AFA spokesman cited &quot;unbridgeable differences&quot; with the flamboyant   Maradona, who led Argentina to World Cup victory as captain in 1986 and   is adored by many Argentines. </p>
  <p> The team's earlier-than-expected exit from the tournament followed a   shaky qualifying campaign, but the former player was still given a   hero's welcome when the squad returned home and President Cristina   Fernandez urged him to stay on. </p>
  <p> Several dozen fans, some banging drums and chanting, gathered outside the AFA's headquarters after Tuesday's announcement. </p>
  <p> Speculation had mounted ahead of the meeting that Maradona would not   stay on as coach -- a position he had held since November 2008 --   because of the disagreement over his coaching staff. </p>
  <p> Maradona, 49, said Sunday he wanted to stay on, but only if he could keep control over the choice of his assistants. </p>
  <p> BEST-EVER PLAYERS </p>
  <p> Maradona was widely seen as one of the world's best-ever players in his   1980s' heyday, but he battled drug addiction, obesity and alcoholism for   years after retiring from the game in the 1990s. </p>
  <p> That made his comeback as national team coach an even more remarkable   personal achievement, especially because he had very little experience   as a manager. </p>
  <p> He had a patchy tenure as coach of Argentina, however, even though the   team's convincing wins in their opening World Cup games propelled them   into the list of favorites. </p>
  <p> Maradona's exit means Argentina need to find a new coach for the Copa   America regional tournament next year but Grondona said there was plenty   of time to recruit a new training staff. </p>
  <p> Local media said former Boca Juniors coach Carlos Bianchi, who led the   Buenos Aires club to a string of national and continental titles in two   stints between 1998 and 2004, was a popular favorite. </p>
  <p> Other names circulating as possible successors include Estudiantes coach   Alex Sabella, Independiente's former coach Americo Gallego, former   Argentina coach Marcelo Bielsa and ex-River Plate, Inter Milan and Argentina striker Ramon Diaz. </p>
  <p> Grondona said youth team coach Sergio Batista, Maradona's former 1986   team mate, was the logical choice as caretaker coach and he will lead   the team for a friendly against Ireland in Dublin August 11. </p>
  <p> (Additional reporting by Eduardo Garcia, Luis Andres Henao and Laura MacInnis, editing by Nick Mulvenney) </p>
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